I'm just trying to mentally prepare!
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nap time!!! I don't know what the age difference will be between your little ones, but it is nap time. The older one goes down sometime between 12:30 and 1:30 and the younger one goes down around 2. So, I have to leave the little one in the exersaucer (or when he was little little the swing) while I try to calmly put the older one down for her nap. He often cries during this, which makes me stressed, but doesn't bother her.
Everything else is about the same if not better. I love love love having two!
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Oh, and grocery shopping with two.... she goes in the cart and I wear him, but I don't know what I'll do when he gets too heavy...
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Two things: one is getting Lala to and from school. ( dress both, pile in the car, haul the baby carseat while wrangling a two year old wolverine etc).
The other is providing consistent discipline for the toddler while trying to address the needs of an infant. For about a month, I relied on raising my voice, which didn't work at all!)
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@Mrs. Jacks: I like the description of Lala as a wolverine. I can very much relate to that!
Naptime isn't bad for us since the kids are on a similar schedule. Bedtime with two kids and one adult is tough, though. When I have to do bedtime by myself, I end up letting DD watch tv so I have time to put DS down. Even then it can be a real challenge!
I think the hardest part about having two is just the logistics. Getting two in and out of the car. Getting tow in and out of the bath. Stuff like that. Usually DD ends up on her own to do a lot of things because she's pretty indepnedent and DS is still so little. She doesn't seem to mind much, but I have major mommy guilt about it.
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@MamaBehr: Thanks! They will be 16 months apart!
@Mrs. Jacks: I see lots of parents with infant carseats and energetic toddlers doing dropoff/pickup at daycare and most raise their voices!
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@Honeybee: I call her a badger in a biscuit or a wombat sometimes too
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@Mrs. Jacks: hehehe at badger in a biscut.
too cute!
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I guess the biggest challenge is just trying to do things for two kids at once and the infant needing so much attention. I had to resort to doing things that I didn't want to do, like use the TV as a babysitter. I used to beat myself up over it, but in the end had to let it go. It gets better pretty quick, once the infant gets more manageable.
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I would agree with logistics! We're lucky that Wagon Jr. hasn't been too jealous or begging for our attention that much (although lately he has been a little bit more). But we've had help (grandmas) almost full time so the whole juggling two kids thing has not been an issue for us since we can usually leave the baby with a grandma or one of us while the other takes care of WJ.
But also, dealing with a tantrumy toddler while sleep-deprived is no easy thing. And dealing with other sleep-deprived people, aka your DH. Everyone is on edge and our fights are pretty brutal now. We're just clinging on and waiting for the light at the end of the tunnel-- when LMW is sleeping thru the night!!!
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@Mrs. Jacks: totally agree with both your points. I never anticipated school drop off/pick up to be so difficult. Those two times a day can be completely exhausting for me!
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@Andrea: I think for them too
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@Mrs. Jacks: very true, especially for the baby who needs to go with the flow.
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@Andrea: I get to do this in 2ish weeks!
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@autumnlove: yay! some days I just wanna stay home. LOL.
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This doesn't happen too often but I'd say injuries/emergencies. When they both cry, it's frustrating, or when you're trying to get them both in/out of the car, stroller, etc., it's challenging. But once when my toddler took a serious fall and we were outside of the house with a baby in my arms -- that was one of the only times I've been like #$%^&* what am I going to do!?!?!? Or when the toddler threw up in the car and I was on my own. I can only imagine what would happen if it were something even more serious.
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@sloaneandpuffy: that is so scary! Glad your toddler is ok!! I think about what if emergency scenarios a lot. There have been a few times when I have the baby in the stroller and the 3 y.o. is walking besides me and I wonder what I would do if the 3 y.o. ran out into the street or something .... you always have to be so alert ...
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